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The things you don't know about me, mum

Logline: Luz is a survivor of the Pinochet regime. Forty years after she left Chile, in a sort of a diary page, Luz imagines to tell her mother the things that she didn’t want to know about her daughter.

Synopsis:
The real story of Luz: the conflictual relationship of a mother and her daughter with the chilean dictatorship as background.
Luz is from the side of Allende, she believes in freedom, in democracy and in a respectful world where everyone has the same value. Her mother is catholic, supports Pinochet and the coup d’etat. Forty years later Luz’s mother is affected from dementia.
Nevertheless Luz wants to break the painful silence between her and her mother and she imagines to tell her the truth about her in Santiago, the facts where she was tragically involved that were consciously ignored by her mother.
A monologue in the form of a diary, a sort of written page that allows the protagonist to redeem herself from the pain of silence and to reconcile her (virtually) with her mother.

  • Daniela Lucato
    Director
    The Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
  • Daniela Lucato
    Writer
    The Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
  • Daniela Lucato
    Producer
    The Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
  • Maria Grazia Mandruzzato
    Key Cast
    "Luz's mother"
    All about you, Inferno, Mamma dorme
  • Daniela Lucato
    Key Cast
    "Luz (Voice Over)"
    For the time being, My name is Sami
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Le cose che non sai di me, mamma
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, docudrama, bioepic
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 24, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sony Future Filmmakers Awards 2023
    Los Angeles
    United States
    February 23, 2023
    North American
    Award No -Fiction
  • Winner at Encuentro de Imagen MMXXII: Conflicto y Discordia c/o Centro de Estudios Críticos en Cultura Contemporánea 2022
    Queretaro
    Mexico
    October 24, 2022
    Mexico
    Winner at Encuentro de Imagen MMXXII: Conflicto y Discordia c/o Centro de Estudios Críticos en Cultura Contemporánea 2022
  • Honourable Mention at Festival international de Cine de America, Mexico 2022(
    HIdalgo
    Mexico
    September 13, 2022
    World
    Honourable Mention at Festival international de Cine de America, Mexico 2022(
  • Special award in the Future Generation Short Film -
    Tuzla
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    September 22, 2022
    Bosnia and Erzegovina
    11th Tuzla Film Festival 2022(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Lebu International Film Festival 2023 (Chile)
    Lebu
    Chile
    January 16, 2023
    Chile
    Lebu International Film Festival 2023 (Chile)
  • 24th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films 2023
    Ismailia
    Egypt
    March 15, 2023
    African Premiere
    24th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films 2023
  • Concorto XXII Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera 2022
    Marzamemi
    Italy
    December 12, 2022
    Concorto XXII Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera 2022
    Documentary
Director Biography - Daniela Lucato

Daniela Lucato started playing theatre in Padua (Italy) parallel to her studies at the university. After her degree in Philosophy she moved to Rome, Wellington and finally Berlin where she works as an actress/filmmaker. The Birthday (2014), her first short film written/directed in mandarin/english language, has been officially selected from 25 international festivals (among these Micgenero, Frameline, ShanghaiPride where the film was also nominated for the best cinematography). In 2015 she founded Connecting Fingers Company. For the time being (2018) received the award as best international short film at DUAF/
Tribeca Film Center. In 2019 she wrote/directed the experimental short film Vieni and in 2020 the narrative short Mamma dorme (Mommy’s sleeping).
During Covid-19 she wrote/performed/directed the short film My name is Sami.

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